This is a mesmeric book about Bruce Chatwin's journeys in Australia. It is primarily about the Aboriginal way of life, their mythology and their songs. There is so much to the aboriginal way of life which is alien, not just to our culture, but even to the way in which our minds work. Chatwin draws this with great care. The richness of the ideas in this book is amazing. It deals with a sensitive subject with great care and delicacy and is beautifully written. Gradually, the reader is immersed into more and more of the lyrical aboriginal way of thinking and led away from the conventional travel monologue. This is a great book, an epic, and in the final analysis, deeply sad.
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